i was looking at some buildings in the indianapolis thread, and my eye caught the project named "indiana square". it is a reclad of glass, i think 34 stories, and it looks very nice. it has that lower mezzanine wrap around the bottom, on the original presentation; however, in the redo, it looks as if it has been shorted, which makes the building look taller and a bit more up to date, imo. again, i think it is very nice, and you don't have to raze everything in the city to sparkle---haslam....! they also have buildings that are being put back into service by adding additional floors to them. it makes all the difference in the world.

i don't remember who said it or where i read it, but supposedly, indianapolis is supposed to be the comparative of memphis, as their infrastructure is allegedly very much alike. i lived there several years, but i guess it didn't really make that much of an impression on me.

A look inside the redevelopment plans for 100 N. Main
Memphis Biz Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...-released.html

Architecture, Inc.
http://media.bizj.us/view/img/211225...in-section.jpg

The more that I read about the project the more I think that it will do so much for that area of downtown and downtown in general. Residents downtown will help downtown's economy out, but the hotel should improve it greatly, since those people will actually probably be the ones in and out of most restaurants throughout the week. We'll see if this sparks a few more smaller developments that might be proposed or announced between now and the summer.

New Le Bonheur parking garage to rise in medical district
The Commercial Appeal

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...se-in-medical/

Photo by Thomas Bailey/The Commercial Appeal
http://media.commercialappeal.com/me...arage_t607.jpg

Saw where American has added three daily nonstop flights to Philly from Memphis. That's a plus.

No doubt. They need to work harder on getting service from more low cost carriers and ultra low cost carriers, until then those prices are going to stay sky high.

Broken pipes highlight challenges at 100 N. Main
There's also a video attached to this article.

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/b...ac-thomas.html

Personally I see The First Tennessee Bank Tower being renovated like One Indiana Square since the building has pretty big glass windows and the company is adding more locations in other states which well eventually move some more employees to its national headquarters.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6079...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

Before
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6080...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

After
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6080...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

County Comission approves Sears Crosstown Funding

The Memphis Business Journal
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6079...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

Memphis City Council approves $66M Raleigh Springs Mall redevelopment

The Memphis Business Journal

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6080...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

Here is a link to a animated proposal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPznLQ-Z81I

thanks cris, the video is almost necessary to understand that much re/and construction. i',m glad the presenter added that last defining part of the reason buildings should be razed, when they reach the 10% or higher cost runs, e.g. unless it is designated as a historical national structure or significant site placement.

the idea of moving city employees is a bit contrary to the benefit of the desired occupancy in downtown spaces. the last thing that i had heard about the downtown government employees and space seemed to come from mayor wharton and his kicking around the idea of placing employees from buildings that were scattered in various areas of downtown, consolidating them in the hill bldg. i think this is a good idea, if the fbi suggestion didn't fly. finally, a city the size of memphis should have a beautiful library downtown (the old police station), if i were king, would surely be used. i would even love to see it converted into an elegant ballroom, etc., or even a church. any arguments, corrections, or info welcomed.

Whatever happened to the relocation of the Hard Rock Cafe to the former Lansky's building? Did that fall through?

Don't think it did, the original details announcement was cancelled due to weather issues and they just haven't rescheduled it.

Hard Rock Café is putting in an eatery near the indoor amusement park segment of Mall of America in Minny.



Since you're from Huntsville, noticed that B-Ham's Alabama Adventure got bought by some of the Koch's that operated Holiday World till recently. That's a huge win for B-Ham, they will run that place right.

I just saw on the Memphis Daily News site that Hard Rock and Yates filed for a building permit for construction. I would assume this is for the relocation of the Hard Rock Cafe. But strange that no press conference was made beforehand.

Some pretty good developments going up.

Airport's $114M redesign will take until 2020

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http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...urbanarch.html

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these decisions were made as long ago as 2008, for the most part. it is pretty much a self-full-feeling prophecy, imo. it seems as little analysis has been considered concerning the location of the airport. you would think that it would make perfect sense for it to grow and advance the city. what was all of the building, the implementation of tracon, the new runways, and the other improvements, even the new high tech control terminal. just about the time it was finished, furnished classroom and illustrators for pilots, the pilots move their operations to atl. why build a new bridge at the end of the south runways, if there is really no traffic? over 11 million passengers flown in 2004----4.6 something at the end of 2013...makes no sense. when i read the long term projections concerning mem inter last year or right near the end of 2012, i pretty much knew that decisions had been made long ago and, the dye was cast. memphis seems to always take the hit. cox put out, w/ the caveat "if the current growth continues", by the year 2025 to 2030 the airport should be carrying such and such passengers. if the game were played fairly, memphis would handle as much traffic as necessary. how does all of this play out for the aeropolis concept, continued growth as a leader in logistics, the biomed industry. what has happened to the research park? wharton's statements about it and the urban land institute and the recommendations, as memphis asked them for a consult. the first statements out of their mouths...reduce, reduce, redefine to something else, after 7 years of waiting for a world class research campus. it just seems nuts. it is certainy disappointing. now, instead of placing city employees and services in downtown, mr. wharton wants to put them in old malls and one other place. we had just heard the week before how costly and ineffective, if above 10%, it was to keep old buildings. now, between the mayor of memphis and haslam, they can make sure that memphis stays on course to be the scratch-n-sniff city. as for the indigo hotel, wasn't there a minority group which was finishing a renovation, after 3 years? i think it is on the east side of the square, and the last time i checked, i was told it would be opened in about 3 months. that was almost a year ago. what has happened?

A conference center at the Peabody Place Mall?
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/25...#axzz2wFOj9xar

and, as generally the case, this possible idea has just been chatted about, but always, seemingly, w/ the same players, and generally the same results. it usually takes about 6 years to finish a memphis project, if it actually is ever built, because it seems that most of them are never workable or have people that simply don't have a vested interest in getting things done for memphis citizens, perhaps one or two out of six are finished eventually. never a sense of urgency to get the 9.6% unemployment.